One of a series of superb fish illustrations by Mark Bloch (1723-99), a German physician from Berlin. Bloch was one of the earliest students of fish to publish a series of fish prints, and his work remained a primary source for the next century. His descriptions of German fish was reliable and thorough, but his illustrations of foreign fishes were subject to many of the misconceptions that filtered through the great body of travel literature during the eighteenth century. Thus later viewers are presented with a range of pictures with exacting accuracy or enticing imagination. He issued folio and octavo prints, and the care taken in the drawing has caused David Knight in Zoological Illustration (p. 133) to call his work "one of the most sumptuous ever produced." Each specimen picture was engraved on a copper plate and then colored by hand with watercolors. An added and unusual advantage to these plates is the fact that they contain the names of each fish in several languages. A stunning image from a fascinating series. $600Go to page with Bloch fish prints, both folio and octavo

Mark Catesby. "Pudding Wife and Carolina Whiting." From Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands,.... London: [1731-43]. First or second edition. Folio. Etching. Full original hand coloring. Very good condition.

A rare print from a wonderful series by Mark Catesby, issued in his seminal Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first natural history of American flora and fauna. First issued between 1731 and 1743, this work would eventually include 220 prints, which for the first time systematically illustrated American birds, fish, animals and plants. For their historic significance, appealing appearance and great scarcity, these are amongst the very finest American natural science prints ever produced. $1,100Go to listing of other Catesby fish prints

Advertising posters with groupings of etchings by William H. Lizars, created for publication in Sir William Jardine's The Naturalist's Library. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1833-45. Full sheets ca. 22 x 16 1/5. Original hand color. Sheets somewhat browned and brittle, with some edge tears and chipping. Overall, bright color, attractive appearance and good condition.

A very unusual set of posters intended to advertise the publication of William Jardine's famous The Naturalist's Library. This was a popular scientific account first issued in 40 volumes between 1833 and 1845, and intended to describe and illustrate all vertebrate species. The prints in the Library were finely etched and published by William H. Lizars, a leading engraver from Edinburgh, well known as the engraver for the first five plates in Audubon's Birds of America. These posters contain a collage of images taken from the original books, and each is crowned with a title that reads "Leaves from the Book of Nature." At the bottom is the text: "For Full Description Vide The Naturalist's Library. Published by W.H. Lizars Edinburgh. S. Highley London. & W. Curry Junr. & Co. Dublin. And sold by all Book & Print Sellers."

British Fish #1 $175

British Fish #2 $175

British Fish #3 $165[With two corner chips]

Sherman F. Denton. "Tahoe Trout. Male." From Fish and Game of the State of New York. New York, 1895-1907. Chromolithograph. Quarto. Full size and full margins. Very good condition.

A striking print from a series of finely colored game fish which was produced around the turn of the century. Fed by the popularity of Teddy Roosevelt and other outdoorsmen, game fishing and hunting moved from the realm of necessity to the arena of sport for many Americans. These images were drawn by Sherman Foote Denton, who worked as an artist for the U.S. Fish Commission at the Smithsonian Institute and developed a method of mounting fish that preserved their colors as in life. The State of New York Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission hired Denton to illustrate their annual reports between 1895 and 1907. Like his mounted fish, prints of Denton's superb drawings vividly illustrate the appearance of live fish. Indeed, his series has become the standard by which all subsequent fish prints are judged. $225Go to page with listing of our inventory of fish prints by Denton

Strikingly detailed mid-nineteenth century lithographs of exotic fish, with meticulously applied hand color from Gervais & Boulart's Les Poissons. These French lithographs are both decorative and informative. Their didactic quality was required by students of natural history at a time when much new information on species and their habitats was becoming available in the West. Charming examples from a delightful and colorful group of fishes.

Prints by A.D. Turner. From Forest, Lake and River: The Fishes of New England and Eastern Canada. New York: Frank M. Johnson, 1901. 17 1/2 x 27 3/4. Chromolithographs by Sackett & Wilhelm's Lith. & Ptg. Co. With title labels. Very good condition. Note: reflections in images are from mylar not prints.

In the late nineteenth century, a group of artists, including A.B. Frost and Alexander Pope, began to develop an American style of sporting art. A.D. Turner was one of these artists and the chromolithographs of fish made after his watercolors are among the most impressive of the period.